Two More Courts Close the Doors on Data Breach Plaintiffs
[Post by Venkat] There are a slew of cases that reject data breach claims brought by plaintiffs who have not suffered out of pocket losses. Recently, courts in Maine and Oregon joined the group of courts rejecting such claims. In…
September 2010 Quick Links, Part 1 (IP Edition)
By Eric Goldman Copyright * US v. ASCAP (2d Cir. Sept. 28, 2010): “the Internet Companies offer their customers the ability to download musical works over the Internet. It is undisputed that these downloads create copies of the musical works,…
Tip for Clean Living: Don’t Use a 14 Year Old’s Self-Portrait in Advertising for Porn–Lara Jade Coton v. TVX
By Eric Goldman Coton v. Televised Visual X-ography, Inc., 2010 WL 3768039 (M.D. Fla. Sept. 16, 2010). The initial complaint. Lara Jade’s blog post on the court victory. Comprehensive recap from Plagiarism Today, who has been tracking the case all…
New Internet Law Work-in-Progress Series
By Eric Goldman Announcing a New Internet Law Works-in-Progress Series and Call for Participation The High Tech Law Institute at Santa Clara University School of Law and the Institute for Information Law and Policy at New York Law School are…
Seventh Circuit Tosses Beverly Stayart’s False Endorsement Claims–Stayart v. Yahoo
By Eric Goldman Stayart v. Yahoo! Inc., 2010 WL 3785147 (7th Cir. Sept. 30, 2010). I have previously blogged about Beverly Stayart’s lawsuits against Yahoo and Google for apparently sploggy (and possibly cloaked) objectionable search results delivered when she searched…
StubHub Can’t Beat Tax Collection Obligation Using 47 USC 230–Chicago v. StubHub
By Eric Goldman City of Chicago, Ill. v. StubHub!, Inc., 2010 WL 3768072 (7th Cir. Sept. 29, 2010) In my recent post about Milgram v. Orbitz, I wrote that “online tickets have become a major subfield of cyberlaw” and collected…
Deleted Facebook and MySpace Posts Are Discoverable–Romano v. Steelcase
By Eric Goldman, with additional comments from Venkat Romano v. Steelcase Inc., 2010 WL 3703242 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Sept. 21, 2010). On my personal blog, I have repeatedly blogged about plaintiffs who tell one story in court only to have…
Washington Anti-Online Gambling Law Survives Dormant Commerce Clause Challenge — Rousso v. State
[Post by Venkat, with brief comments from Eric] Rousso v. Washington, Case No. 8040-1 (Wash. S.Ct. Sept. 23, 2010) Professor Goldman blogged recently about a case from the Washington state Supreme Court interpreting the state’s online gambling laws: “P2P Gambling…
New York Court Dismisses Putative Class Action Brought Under California Spam Statute — Bank v. Hydra Group, LLC
[Post by Venkat] Bank v.Hydra Group LLC, 10-CV-1770 (JG) (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 24, 2010) Todd Bank brought a putative spam class action against Hydra Group. The court dismissed the lawsuit for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Bank alleged that he received…
Availability of Client Data on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Google Sinks Trade Secrets Claim — Sasqua Group v. Courtney
[Post by Venkat with a brief comment from Eric] Sasqua Group, Inc. v. Courtney, 2010 WL 3613855 (E.D.N.Y. Aug. 2, 2010) Background: Sasqua Group and its principal (Tors) ran a executive search consulting firm for professionals in the financial services…